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Treadle Machine and sewing leather
Have White Rotary Treadle. Anyone sew leather on their treadle? Want to make some dufflebags. Most of the assemble can be handsewn but the zipper and couple of pieces need to be sewn. One area two pieces of leather being sewn together.
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I have not done it personally but I do know that the man that lived across the street from my grandmother used to borrow her Singer treadle to sew leather items. She wanted to give it to him, but thought I might want it some day so she kept it.
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Treadles will sew a lot of tough stuff. My mother used my grandmother's to mend my winter horse blankets and make custom saddle pads for me.
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I don't think the treadle part is the problem, I'm thinking of treadle industrials, treadle cobblers... They are probably extra sturdily made but so are all the old cast iron setups.
Soft leater is usually not a problem, most good sewing machines can handle it. There's leather tip needles, but a large size sharp tip needle often works just as well. I would give your machine a try. |
The issue will be the needle, you will need a triangular leather needle which will pierce the leather rather than a conventional sharp tipped needle a then you will be fine.
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The issues will be thread weight, needle size and thickness of your leather. You can make tension adjustments to accommodate the thicker threads and buy the correct size leather needle to match your thread. I put a hand crank on a very old Singer 15 to sew leather - it worked but I was worn out. If you do much leather sewing an old walking foot or needle feed industrial would be the way to go.
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Originally Posted by quiltingcandy
(Post 7929816)
I have not done it personally but I do know that the man that lived across the street from my grandmother used to borrow her Singer treadle to sew leather items. She wanted to give it to him, but thought I might want it some day so she kept it.
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Originally Posted by cashs_mom
(Post 7929867)
Treadles will sew a lot of tough stuff. My mother used my grandmother's to mend my winter horse blankets and make custom saddle pads for me.
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Originally Posted by miriam
(Post 7929959)
The issues will be thread weight, needle size and thickness of your leather. You can make tension adjustments to accommodate the thicker threads and buy the correct size leather needle to match your thread. I put a hand crank on a very old Singer 15 to sew leather - it worked but I was worn out. If you do much leather sewing an old walking foot or needle feed industrial would be the way to go.
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Originally Posted by RosMadeMe
(Post 7929957)
The issue will be the needle, you will need a triangular leather needle which will pierce the leather rather than a conventional sharp tipped needle a then you will be fine.
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